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Monday, November 7, 2011

Stating the obvious

Wow.

Who didn't know this? Anyone who didn't go to school from the 7th through 12th grades?

Survey: Sexual harassment pervasive in grades 7-12

By David Crary - Associated Press

NEW
YORK (AP) — It can be a malicious rumor whispered in the hallway, a
lewd photo arriving by cell phone, hands groping where they shouldn't.
Added up, it's an epidemic — student-on-student sexual harassment that
is pervasive in America's middle schools and high schools.

During
the 2010-11 school year, 48 percent of students in grades 7-12
experienced some form of sexual harassment in person or electronically
via texting, email and social media, according to a major national
survey being released Monday by the American Association of University Women.

The
harassers often thought they were being funny, but the consequences for
their targets can be wrenching, according to the survey. Nearly a third
of the victims said the harassment made them feel sick to their
stomach, affected their study habits or fueled reluctance to go to
school at all.